On Feb 1, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Jack Countryman wrote: > On 2/1/11 5:30 PM, jason wrote: >> Hey folks. I acquired a (new to me) above computer. I am a little >> unfamiliar with the normal operation of these machines. The previous >> owner on the auction site stated that it powered up, but had no >> monitor to test it. No hard drive and ram came with it. So it >> arrived today, and I installed two 512 sticks of ram, and plugged in a >> monitor to it. I get the startup chime, and the fans turn on, the >> power lights turn on on the monitor. I do not yet have a hard drive >> for it at the moment. The superdrive is still there, but my son had >> to manually open it with a paperclip. We put a 10.4 dvd in it, but >> couldn't decide if we could hear it spin up or not. Back to the >> monitor, it's a cinema display 17", the two power indicators are lit >> on the bottom, but I don't get any kind of a splash screen, basically >> the monitor stays dark. >> Just took it out of the box earlier, still poking around at it. >> >> Thanks. >> Jason >> > Is the video card correctly seated, hooked to aux power if needed? Try > another monitor? > > While the 1.6 were single processor and air cooled, the dual 1.8 models I've > seen have all been liquid cooled? Both had leakage problems and bad power > supplies, probably shorted when the liquid drained down into the power > supply. Haven't seen any single 1.8 models.
Please Jack, get your facts straight ... early 2005 2.7ghz and the late 2005 2.5ghz models were the ONLY liquid cooled powermac G5's that apple made. Jeff Engle -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
